Haddow James E, Lambert-Messerlian Geralyn, Eklund Elizabeth, Neveux Louis M, Palomaki Glenn E
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Medical Screening and Special Testing, Women and Infants Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Savjani Institute for Health Research, Windham, ME, USA.
Obstet Med. 2018 Jun;11(2):73-78. doi: 10.1177/1753495X17733223. Epub 2017 Oct 12.
High maternal weight is known to associate with both low free thyroxine and gestational diabetes mellitus. We explore a deiodinase-related mechanism that may help explain these associations.
Among 108 women receiving routine oral glucose tolerance testing for gestational diabetes mellitus, we collected biophysical data and measured free thyroxine and total triiodothyronine, using residual plasma samples.
Fasting triiodothyronine/free thyroxine ratio and triiodothyronine were higher among women with gestational diabetes mellitus ( = 0.02; = 0.04). The triiodothyronine/free thyroxine ratio and triiodothyronine measurements at 2 h were associated with weight ( = 0.20, = 0.04; = 0.22, = 0.02); free thyroxine showed a non-significant inverse weight relationship ( = -0.06, = 0.55). Glucose at all four intervals was associated with triiodothyronine/free thyroxine ratios, and triiodothyronine at 2 h. In stepwise regression, triiodothyronine/free thyroxine ratio predicted glucose more strongly than did weight.
These relationships may be explained by higher maternal weight inducing peripheral deiodinase activity, resulting in higher plasma glucose (via triiodothyronine stimulation) and thereby increasing gestational diabetes mellitus risk.
已知孕妇体重过高与游离甲状腺素水平低和妊娠期糖尿病均有关联。我们探究了一种可能有助于解释这些关联的脱碘酶相关机制。
在108名接受妊娠期糖尿病常规口服葡萄糖耐量试验的女性中,我们利用剩余血浆样本收集了生物物理数据,并测量了游离甲状腺素和总三碘甲状腺原氨酸。
妊娠期糖尿病女性的空腹三碘甲状腺原氨酸/游离甲状腺素比值和三碘甲状腺原氨酸水平更高(P = 0.02;P = 0.04)。2小时时的三碘甲状腺原氨酸/游离甲状腺素比值和三碘甲状腺原氨酸测量值与体重相关(P = 0.20,P = 0.04;P = 0.22,P = 0.02);游离甲状腺素与体重呈非显著负相关(P = -0.06,P = 0.55)。所有四个时间点的血糖均与三碘甲状腺原氨酸/游离甲状腺素比值以及2小时时的三碘甲状腺原氨酸相关。在逐步回归分析中,三碘甲状腺原氨酸/游离甲状腺素比值比体重更能有力地预测血糖。
这些关系可能是由于孕妇体重增加导致外周脱碘酶活性增强,从而使血糖升高(通过三碘甲状腺原氨酸刺激),进而增加妊娠期糖尿病风险。